Curtain-fixture.



No. 863,395. PATENTED AUG. 13, 1907. P. A. HOUGHTALING. CURTAIN FIXTURE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 29, 1906.

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PAUL A. HOUGHTALING, OF RIVERTON, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO THE CURTAINSUPPLY COMPANY, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

CURTAIN-FIXTURE Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 13, 1907.

To all whom fl may concern:

zen of the United States, residing in Riverton, New Jersey, haveinvented certain Improvements in Ourtain-Fixtures, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of devices designed to hold a shadeor curtain in any given position against the tendency of its springroller to roll it up or raise it, and more especially the invention isincluded in that particular type of curtain holding structures in whichthe lower portion of the curtain is provided with devices frictionallyacting upon the sides or upon both sides and bottom, of the grooves ofthe window frame in which the curtain operates.

One object of the invention is to provide a relatively simple andinexpensive structure applicable to the lower portion of a curtain,which shall serve to automatically retain the same in any given position against the upwardly acting tendency of its spring curtain roller.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of the characterabove noted, which shall be of such a nature as to permit of the curtainrod being attached to the extreme lower edge of a curtain, which edgeshall extend in substantially the line connecting the lower ends of. theheads or shoes carried by said curtain rod.

These objects I attain as hereinafter set forth, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1, is an elevation, partly in section, illustrating a portion ofa curtain rod equipped with a curtain holding device constructedaccording to my invention. Fig. 2, is a vertical section 011 the line22, Fig. 1.

According to this invention I provide the ends of a curtain rod, or ofthe spring actuated bars carried thereby, with springs so disposed as toengage the sides of the guiding grooves of a window frame in which thecurtain operates, and in one form of the invention so construct it thata portion of the head also engages the bottom of the window frame.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a tubular curtain rod havingwithin it springs of which one is shown at a, the same being held inplace by a pin a and bearing upon a bar B upon which is carried the heador shoe O. In the present instance, each head consists of two bow-shapedsprings O, curved so that at their ends they each engage a side surfaced of the window frame groove D. The said springs are also bent to form asubstantially semi-circular hearing which extends around or partiallyembraces the end of the spring actuated bar B. In order to retain thesesprings in position, this bar is preferably provided with a collar 1),as shown, and, if desired, its extreme end may be extended so as tonormally engage the bottom surface (1 of the window frame groove.

Under operating conditions, it will be understood that the springs cforming the head or shoe engage the side surfaces d of the window framegroove D with sufficient force to retain the curtain in any givenposition against its tendency to move upward under the action of itsspring roller, this holding action being still further increased, ifdesired, by the pressure of the end I) of-the bar B against the bottomcl of the window frame groove, under the action of a spring a.

I claim as my invention 1. A curtain holding device consisting of acurtain rod, spring actuated bars carried thereby constructed tofriction-ally engage the bottoms of window frame grooves, with holdingmeans, also carried by each of said bars. normally engaging the sides ofsaid grooves, substantially as described.

2. A- curtain holding device consisting of a curtain rod, springactuated bars carried thereby constructed to contact with the bottoms ofwindow frame grooves, and holding springs, carried by each of said barsnormally engaging the sides of said window frame grooves, substantiallyas described.

3. A. curtain holding device consisting of a curtain rod, springactuated bars carried thereby constructed to engage the bottoms ofwindow frame grooves, and frictional holding means, comprising twosprings, carried by each of said bars and formed to engage said windowframe grooves both above and below the points of engagement of the saidbars with the bottoms of the grooves, substantially as described.

at. A curtain holding device consisting of a curtain rod, twosubstantially bow-shaped springs carried by each end thereof, each ofsaid springs having portions loosely embracing a portion of the end ofsaid rod, substantially as described.

5. The combination with a guiding window frame having grooves, of acurtain holding device consisting of a curtain rod, a spring actuatedbar in each end thereof. two bow-shaped springs partially embracing andbearing upon each bar and engaging the sides of the window framegrooves, the ends of the spring actuated bars being extended to engagethe bottoms of said grooves, substantially as described.

G. A curtain holding device consisting of a curtain rod, spring actuatedbars carried thereby constructed to frietionally engage the bottoms ofwindow frame grooves, and yieldable friction members carried by each ofsaid bars arranged to frictionally engage said window frame grooves bothabove and below the points of engagement of the said bars with thebottoms of the grooves.

T. A curtain holding device consisting of a curtain rod, means at theend of the rod constructed to frictionally engage the bottoms of windowframe grooves, spring means carried by the first mentioned means, thesame being transversely arranged relative to said first mentioned meansand normally frictionally engaging the sides of the window frame groovesboth above and below the points of engagement of the said firstmentioned means with the bottoms of the grooves.

8. A curtain holding device consisting of a curtain rod,

spring actuated bars carried thereby the outer ends of which arearranged to frictionally engage the bottoms of window frame grooves withfrictional holding means also carried by each of said bars for normallyengaging the sides of said grooves.

9. A c urtain holding device consisting of a curtain rod, springactuated bars carried thereby constructed to engage the bottoms ofwindowirame grooves, and auxiliary frictional holding means comprisingtwo oppositely disposed springs carried by each of said bars and formedto engage both side walls of the window-frame groove above and below thepoints of engagement of the said bars with the bottoms of the grooves.

10. A curtain holding device consisting of a curtain rod,'

means at the end of the rod constructed to frictionally engage thewindow frame, spring means carried by the first mentioned means, thesame being transversely arranged relative to said first mentioned meansand normally frictionally engaging a part of the window frame atsubstantially right angles to the part engaged by the means at the endof the rod and both above and below the

